you can’t fool me
i saw you when you came out
you got your momma’s taste
but you got my mouth
you will always have a part of me
and nobody else is ever gonna see
gracie girl
with your cards to your chest
walking on your toes
what you got in the box
only gracie knows
and i would never try to make you be
anything you didn’t really want to be
gracie girl
life flies by in seconds
you’re not a baby
gracie, you’re my friend
you’ll be a lady soon
but until then
you got to do what i say
you nodded off in my arms watching tv
i won’t move you an inch
even though my arm’s asleep
one day you’re gonna want to go
i hope we taught you everything
you need to know
gracie girl
they will always be apart of me
nobody else is ever going to see
but you and me
my little girl
my gracie girl
i saw you when you came out
you got your momma’s taste
but you got my mouth
you will always have a part of me
and nobody else is ever gonna see
gracie girl
walking on your toes
what you got in the box
only gracie knows
and i would never try to make you be
anything you didn’t really want to be
gracie girl
you’re not a baby
gracie, you’re my friend
you’ll be a lady soon
but until then
you got to do what i say
i won’t move you an inch
even though my arm’s asleep
one day you’re gonna want to go
i hope we taught you everything
you need to know
gracie girl
nobody else is ever going to see
but you and me
my little girl
my gracie girl
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This is a beautiful song that Ben wrote for his daughter, and has a happy feeling about it, but I don't listen to it much at all because whenever I hear it, all I do is cry. When the album came out back in '05, I had just found out that my father was dying of cancer and only had a few months left. Not just the fact that it's a song about a father's connection to his daughter, but the relationship expressed in it reminds me very much of my dad and I.
"you nodded off in my arms watching tv i won’t move you an inch even though my arm’s asleep"
When I was a baby, the only way my parents could get me to sleep sometimes was by having me watch MTV with them, or my dad would take me on long car rides in the middle of the night.
This line hits me the most: "one day you’re gonna want to go I hope we taught you everything you need to know"
I had just moved away on my own far away from my parents, and I wondered if I was making some big mistakes, but my dad kept telling me while he was going through chemo how proud he was of the woman I had become.
I wish I could listen to this song again but after 3 years, it's still just as painful to hear now as the first time I heard it.
@NauticalNuns I hope the time that's passed since this comment has been easier on you :)
@NauticalNuns I hope the time that's passed since this comment has been easier on you :)
Obviously, this is about his daughter... it's an adorable song. :)
yeah this song is really cute.
this is one of my favorite songs off the new album
not to be nitpicky, but there is no "and" after "you'll always have a part of me"
Oh, my. I love my daddy.
i absolutly love this song, the new album is amazing, it reminded me how much i love piano rock
it seems kinda cheesey at first, but this song is sooo cute
this is so gorgeous, i had tears almost cos its so cute. I love my dad!! haha. my friend Gracie doesn't have a dad like that, i wanna show her this song.
this song is so cute!! and makes me feel really warm and happy. i love the line ' i wont move you an inch, even though my arms asleep' Its beautiful..